Public Health Act 1936

35 Use of public sewers by owners and occupiers without district.

(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, the owner or occupier of any premises and the owner of any private sewer without the district of a local authority shall have the like rights with respect to drainage into the public sewers of that authority as he would have under the last preceding section if his premises or sewer were situate within their district, and the provisions of that section shall apply accordingly:

Provided that, without prejudice to their right under the last preceding section to prohibit the discharge of certain liquids or other matters into their sewers or into some of their sewers, or to refuse to permit a communication to be made on the ground of the defective construction or condition of a drain or sewer, and to require the drain or sewer to be laid open for inspection, the local authority may, in the case of a drain or sewer from premises outside their district, refuse to permit a communication to be made except upon such reasonable terms and conditions, including the making to them of a reasonable payment or reasonable periodical payments, as they think fit.

(2) If a person is aggrieved by any terms or conditions which a local authority seek to impose under the preceding subsection, the reasonableness thereof may on his application be determined by a court of summary jurisdiction, or he may require it to be referred to arbitration.

(3) Where a person avails himself of the provisions of this section, the local authority of the district in which his premises or sewer are or is situate may, if they think fit, defray, or contribute towards, any expenses incurred by him for the purpose, or any payment which he is required under this section to make to the other local authority.